Upset over not being able to marry lover, drunk man climbs atop telecom tower in K'taka
Bengaluru, Jun 19 (PTI): In a scene straight out of a film, a 26-year-old drunk man climbed atop a telecom tower in Vijayapura in Karnataka, and refused to climb down due to a family dispute over marriage and property.
His family, said police sources, were not allowing him to marry his lover, saying he would not inherit anything if insists on marrying her.
The incident, which occurred at around 6.30 pm on June 18, had onlookers wringing their hands, worried he might jump.
An official from Vijayapura Superintendent of Police office said finally the police had to go and escort him down.
“He is identified as Srisaila Nagappa Ramatirtha, a resident of Kotyala in Vijayapura. The tower is situated in Tikota town. We gave him a dressing-down and let him off after a medical checkup,” said the official.
A police official from Ullagaddi Police Station, under whose jurisdiction Tikota town falls, who had gone to the spot last evening to bring him down, said the man stayed up for nearly 30 minutes, resulting in panic among onlookers. As he also looked visibly shaken, they took him to a nearby hospital for treatment, said the police official.
VIDEO | Karnataka: A youth, reportedly under the influence of alcohol, climbed a tower in Vijayapura after allegedly being upset over not being able to marry his lover.
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Groom kills friend hours before wedding over Rs 1.5 lakh debt; held
Beed (Maharashtra) (PTI): A groom allegedly killed his friend on the eve of his wedding in Maharashtra's Beed district, fearing he would disrupt the ceremony over an unpaid debt of Rs 1.5 lakh, police said on Tuesday.
The victim, Chand alias Guddu Tamboli (30), was found bludgeoned to death on Monday morning on the outskirts of Khokarmoh village in Shirur Kasar tehsil.
Investigations indicated that Chand had lent Rs 1.5 lakh to his friend Atiq Tamboli and was persistently demanding repayment.
Chand had apparently threatened to show up at the venue of Atiq's wedding on Monday and cause a disturbance if his money wasn't returned, a local crime branch official said.
Upset by the threat and fearing social humiliation on his wedding day, Atiq allegedly decided to eliminate his friend. On Sunday night, he called his friend to a secluded spot and allegedly killed him by crushing his head with a stone before absconding, the official said.
After the body was found on Monday, the police launched an investigation. Based on technical surveillance and localised intelligence, the police apprehended Atiq from Beed city late Monday night and booked him on charges of murder, he added.
